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This discussion and review contains spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2, episode 2, “Ad Astra Per Aspera,” on Paramount+.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Human being grown raises so many question: who are the legal parents, can they inherit, can they have siblings and a typical sibling relationship, who's responsible for the chid education and welfare, what's the effect on culture, what's the effect of human generic diversity and evolution.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A paywall can be a fair way for publishers to get subscribers and revenue.

Here it's less fair since it's an anti-adblock paywall that specifically targets user who obect to targeted advertising. It's trying to pressure readers into accepting tracking by advertisers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Probably they'd keep making money through ads, but less so since they couldn't rely on their in-house ad monopoly, and may have to give a cut to a third party ad platform.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'd be easier to avoid turning earth into an arid desert, like Mars is, than making Mars habitable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Former President Donald Trump has been arrested at the federal courthouse in Miami. He will soon face charges related to mishandling classified documents. During the proceedings on Tuesday, deputy marshals took electronic copies of his fingerprints.

However, they did not take a mugshot of Trump because he is easily recognizable, as reported by CNN.

Source: Former US President Trump arrested, The Nation, June 13 2023

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Former President Donald Trump has been arrested at the federal courthouse in Miami. He will soon face charges related to mishandling classified documents. During the proceedings on Tuesday, deputy marshals took electronic copies of his fingerprints.

However, they did not take a mugshot of Trump because he is easily recognizable, as reported by CNN.

Source: Former US President Trump arrested, The Nation, June 13

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

On watch in the Argonne Forest on May 14, 1918, he fought off a German raid in hand-to-hand combat, killing multiple German soldiers and rescuing a fellow soldier while suffering 21 wounds, in an action that was brought to the nation's attention by coverage in the New York World and The Saturday Evening Post later that year.

In 1918, the French awarded Johnson with a Croix de guerre with star and bronze palm. He was the first U.S. soldier in World War I to receive that honor.

On June 2, 2015, he was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a posthumous ceremony at the White House.

Veterans Bureau records show that a "permanent and total disability" rating was granted to Johnson on September 16, 1927, as a result of his tuberculosis infection. Additional Veterans Bureau records refer to Johnson receiving monthly compensation and regular visits by Veterans Bureau medical personnel until his death.

Johnson died on July 1, 1929, in Washington, D.C., of myocarditis. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on July 6, 1929.

From Henry Johnson (World War I soldier) on Wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That's a good article with lots of context on the issue.

However one thing is missing: round trip efficiency figures. The whole process of turning electricity into heat, then back into electricity, is probably low efficiency.

There is discussion of directly using stored heat for industrial processes or heating. That's probably a better use of energy since it avoid some conversation losses.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A motion sensor in the hallway to turn on the light is handy. It can be found in most hardware store. No need for Internet nor Amazon account nor smartphone. Your grandma, grandpa, toddler, local burgler, anyone can turn on the light.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Students in states with a greater proportion of LGBTQ-inclusive sex education have lower odds of experiencing school-based victimization and adverse mental health. These findings can be used to guide intervention development at the school and state levels.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Even if it's not practical right away, that's just a reason to vote to put people in charge who would make it practical and convenient.

It's also possible to join a non-profit that engage with the public and local governments to make bicycle-friendly infrastructure happen.

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